As with any crisis and catastrophe, the first natural instinct is to point fingers, and then cross those same fingers hoping that it will go away. Very seldom do we see people taking up responsibility (in other words, taking the blame) and work something out together.

For instance, in a scam, it always take 2 hands to clap. A scam can never work if the victims does not fall for it. So, technically speaking, it is not so fair to only blame the scammer in a successful scam. Of course, you can argue that the scammer is the one who masterminded the ‘evil scheme’, while the victim is innocent. But wait a minute, how can the victim be innocent if they don’t have the element of ‘greed’, which is what makes them susceptible to the scam in the first place.

Hence, I don’t agree with all these finger-pointing activities. It distracts the rebuilding effort. Yes, it’s good entertainment, but like any witch hunts in history, it doesn’t help or contribute to solving the problem, but merely gives everyone a feel-good effect. And then, you realize life has to go on.

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its on different boat, when wearing my serious hat I agree with you but when off duty sipping my coffee I love point all my 10 fingers out despite how rediculous the excuses are, its more like a free psychological release session so that tomorrow can concentrate re-building the economy :D